Nandalala - Movie for music

It is good that Mysskin is reading a lot, seeing lot of world cinema and wants to render a movie like Kikujiro to Tamizh audience. The intention would have been justified if Tamizh cinema was already seeing many Anjaadhes and Mysskin says "No No No. Why only this kind of cinema? Let me a show a travel of a mentally affected adult and a school boy in search of their mother. I will show many characters in the travel"

But that is not the case now. Movies like Anjaadhe (I meant 'like Anjaadhe' not based on the story or screenplay. I meant that as a different kind of movie which had a good reception)  are not getting released frequently. So may be, Mysskin could have ventured into many such projects and later tried a movie like Nandalala. Well it could be a great movie which is appreciated by people like Kamal Hassan, but I felt this is too early both for his career and Tamizh cinema (Definitely not to degrade Tamizh cinema. Of course, Tamizh cinema is also part of world cinema and it has its own significances).

I am not sure if Mysskin saw the theatrical version of the movie. I felt lot of open ends. If I get a chance to meet  him, I am having list of doubts to be clarified by him. Or I am not sure, if I had to think more or see the movie some more number of times to get those doubts cleared. But I am sure about one thing. He had lot of scenes in hand and released only half of them. Some scenes end abruptly.

Ok, with all those bashing (well not really bashing!) let me get into the good thinks of the movie. Star cast... Mysskin has definitely done a decent job and so is Snigdha. The boy Ashwath scores a lot.

Cinematography by Mahesh Muthusamy was brilliant. Those isolated thar roads with complete green on both sides were treat to watch. Camera angles were also very different from a typical Tamizh (or even Indian) movie.

Music... Frankly speaking, I felt that Mysskin took this movie just for BGMs of Ilayaraaja. There were very less number of dialogues and it was music of Raaja which was speaking most of the times. But it is unfortunate that most of the songs were not picturised. Mella Oorndhu Oorndhu (though only Pallavi) was placed nicely. Goosebumps during Onnukkonnu Thunai irukkum (What a voice of Yesudas!) and Thaalaattu ketka was very emotional. I would like to see the movie some more times in large screen just for the BGMs of Ilayaraaja. We like to hear Ilayaraaja's music while travelling. This movie itself is a travel and only Isaignani can give the best music for such a movie! No doubt for the same reason Ilayaraaja's name was given more importance in posters.

If Mysskin had given some completeness, it would have been a great success in box office too. Now I think, only Ilayaraaja fans, fans of soft poetic cinema and people who know the feel of missing their mother would like this movie.